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   <h1>Ingl&eacute;s - Nivel                 8 </h1>
   <p><strong>Book Used: Summit 1B</strong></p>
   <p><strong>Unit 6: Animals</strong></p>
   <ul>
     <li><strong>Vocabulary:</strong>
         <ul>
           <li>Ways animals are usedor treated</li>
           <li>Describing pets</li>
           <li>Describing characters traits<br />
           </li>
         </ul>
     </li>
     <li><strong>Conversation Strategies:</strong>
         <ul>
           <li>Use I&acute;ve heard to introduce a statement of popular                       opinion</li>
           <li>Use For one thing to provide one reason among several in                       supporting an argument</li>
           <li>Use Believe it or not to introduce surprising information<br />
           </li>
         </ul>
     </li>
     <li><strong>Discussion topics:</strong>
         <ul>
           <li>The treatment of animals</li>
           <li>The advantages and disadvantages of different pets</li>
           <li>Animal characters in books, cartoons, TV programs, and movies</li>
           <li>The value of animal conservation<strong><br />
           </strong></li>
         </ul>
     </li>
     <li><strong>Grammar:</strong>
         <ul>
           <li>The passive voice with modals</li>
           <li>Grammar and pronunciation boosters<br />
           </li>
         </ul>
     </li>
     <li><strong>Grammar booster:</strong>
         <ul>
           <li>Modals and modal-like expressions: sumary</li>
           <li>Pronunciation booster</li>
           <li>Sound reduction<br />
           </li>
         </ul>
     </li>
     <li><strong>Listening tasks:</strong>
         <ul>
           <li>Rephrase descriptions</li>
           <li>Dtermine the moral of a story</li>
           <li>Identify character traits</li>
           <li>Focus on details<br />
           </li>
         </ul>
     </li>
     <li><strong>Readings:</strong>
         <ul>
           <li>The Chinese Zodiac</li>
           <li>A discussion board about the humane treatment of animals</li>
           <li>Ana rticle about animal conversation<br />
           </li>
         </ul>
     </li>
     <li><strong>Writing:</strong>
         <ul>
           <li>Express an opinion on animal treatment</li>
           <li>Writing skill: Persuasion</li>
         </ul>
     </li>
   </ul>
   <p><br />
       <strong>Unit 7: Advertising and Consumers</strong></p>
   <ul>
     <li><strong>Vocabulary:</strong>
         <ul>
           <li>Describing low prices and high prices</li>
           <li>Shopping expressions</li>
           <li>Ways to persuade<br />
           </li>
         </ul>
     </li>
     <li><strong>Conversation Strategies:</strong>
         <ul>
           <li>Soften a wish or a stament of intent with I think</li>
           <li>Ask questions to narrow scope</li>
           <li>Say Of course to make an affirmative answer stronger</li>
           <li>Discussion topics</li>
           <li>Appropiate pricing</li>
           <li>Smart shopping</li>
           <li>Reactions to ads</li>
           <li>Advertising techniques</li>
           <li>Compulsive shopping<br />
           </li>
         </ul>
     </li>
     <li><strong>Grammar:</strong>
         <ul>
           <li>Passive forms of gerunds and infinitives</li>
           <li>Grammar and pronunciation boosters<br />
           </li>
         </ul>
     </li>
     <li><strong>Grammar booster:</strong>
         <ul>
           <li>Grammar for writing: Past forms of gerunds and infinitives:                       active and pasive voice</li>
           <li>Pronunciation booster</li>
           <li>Vowel sounds /i/ and /l/<br />
           </li>
         </ul>
     </li>
     <li><strong>Listening tasks:</strong>
         <ul>
           <li>Identify points of view</li>
           <li>Rephrase what people are doing</li>
           <li>Match advertising techniques to ads</li>
           <li>Determine people&acute;s attitudes<br />
           </li>
         </ul>
     </li>
     <li><strong>Readings:</strong>
         <ul>
           <li>Interviews: reactions to ads</li>
           <li>Apresentation of eight advertising techniques</li>
           <li>A magazine article about compulsive shopping<br />
           </li>
         </ul>
     </li>
     <li><strong>Writing:</strong>
         <ul>
           <li>Explain an article you read</li>
           <li>Writing skill: Writing a summary</li>
         </ul>
     </li>
   </ul>
   <p><strong>Unit 8: Family trends</strong></p>
   <ul>
     <li><strong>Vocabulary:</strong>
         <ul>
           <li>Examples of bad behavior</li>
           <li>Describing parent and teen behaviorWord Skill: transforming                       verbs and adjectives into nouns<br />
           </li>
         </ul>
     </li>
     <li><strong>Conversation Strategies:</strong>
         <ul>
           <li>Use I hate to say, but to introduce unwelcome information</li>
           <li>Respond with I suppose to indicate partial agreement</li>
           <li>Use But to introduce a dissenting opinion</li>
           <li>Discussion topics</li>
           <li>Conflicts in relationships</li>
           <li>Birthrates and life expectancy</li>
           <li>Parent-teen issues</li>
           <li>Changing family demographics</li>
           <li>Generational issues and concerns</li>
           <li>Current family trends</li>
           <li>Care for the eldery<br />
           </li>
         </ul>
     </li>
     <li><strong>Grammar:</strong>
         <ul>
           <li>Repeated comparatives and double comparatives</li>
           <li>Grammar and pronunciation boosters<br />
           </li>
         </ul>
     </li>
     <li><strong>Grammar booster:</strong>
         <ul>
           <li>Making comparisons: summary</li>
           <li>Other uses of comparatives, superlatives and comparisons                       with as...as</li>
           <li>Pronunciation booster</li>
           <li>Stress placement: prefixes and suffixes<br />
           </li>
         </ul>
     </li>
     <li><strong>Listening tasks:</strong>
         <ul>
           <li>Summarize demographic information</li>
           <li>Rephrase people&acute;s points of view</li>
           <li>Focus on details</li>
           <li>Classify information to compare two generations</li>
           <li>Apply logic to information<br />
           </li>
         </ul>
     </li>
     <li><strong>Readings:</strong>
         <ul>
           <li>A brochure about falling birthrates</li>
           <li>A newspaper article about China&acute;s elderly population</li>
           <li>Case studies: aging parents<br />
           </li>
         </ul>
     </li>
     <li><strong>Writing:</strong>
         <ul>
           <li>Describe your relationship with a family memeber Writing                       skill: Avoiding comma splices and run-on sentences </li>
         </ul>
     </li>
   </ul>
   <p> <strong>Unit 9: History&acute;s Mysteries</strong></p>
   <ul>
     <li><strong>Vocabulary:</strong>
         <ul>
           <li>Ways to say &ldquo;I don&acute;t know&rdquo;</li>
           <li>Ways to express certaintyWord Skill: using adjectives with                       the suffix -able<br />
           </li>
         </ul>
     </li>
     <li><strong>Conversation Strategies:</strong>
         <ul>
           <li>Use Well to introduce an encouraging statement</li>
           <li>Say You&acute;re probably right to acknowledge another&acute;s                       encouragement</li>
           <li>Ask a question with Why else to confirm one&acute;s own                       opinion</li>
           <li>Discussion topics</li>
           <li>Theories that best explain mysteries</li>
           <li>The credibility of stories</li>
           <li>Trustworthy news sources<br />
           </li>
         </ul>
     </li>
     <li><strong>Grammar:</strong>
         <ul>
           <li>Indirect speech with modals</li>
           <li>Perfect modals in the passive voice for speculating about                       the past</li>
           <li>Grammar and pronunciation boosters<br />
           </li>
         </ul>
     </li>
     <li><strong>Grammar booster:</strong>
         <ul>
           <li>Reporting verbs say, ask and tell: summary</li>
           <li>Grammar for writing: other reporting verbs</li>
           <li>Pronunciation booster</li>
           <li>Reduction and linking in perfect modalas in the passive                       voice<br />
           </li>
         </ul>
     </li>
     <li><strong>Listening tasks:</strong>
         <ul>
           <li>Summarize main ideas</li>
           <li>Identify information that supports ana rgument</li>
           <li>Infer what people mean<br />
           </li>
         </ul>
     </li>
     <li><strong>Readings:</strong>
         <ul>
           <li>&ldquo;The world&acute;s easiest Quiz&rdquo;</li>
           <li>Descriptions of bigfoot, the Loch Ness Monster, and the                       Bermuda Triangle</li>
           <li>Encyclopedia entries about well-known mysteries</li>
           <li>A magazine article about the world&acute;s greatest hoaxes<br />
           </li>
         </ul>
     </li>
     <li><strong>Writing:</strong>
         <ul>
           <li>Write a news article</li>
           <li>Writing skill: Avoiding sentence fragments</li>
         </ul>
     </li>
   </ul>
   <p> <strong>Unit 10: Your free time</strong></p>
   <ul>
     <li><strong>Vocabulary:</strong>
         <ul>
           <li>Ways to express fear and fearlessnessWord Skill: using collocations                       for leisure activitiesWord</li>
           <li>Skill: modyfing with adverbs<br />
           </li>
         </ul>
     </li>
     <li><strong>Conversation Strategies:</strong>
         <ul>
           <li>Use kind of to soften an assertion</li>
           <li>Use I hate to say this, but to excuse oneself for disagreeing</li>
           <li>Use Well, even so to acknowledge someone&acute;s point but                       disagree politely</li>
           <li>Discussion topics</li>
           <li>The benefits of leisure activities</li>
           <li>Hobbies and interests&middot; Your use of leisure time</li>
           <li>Extreme sports&middot; Risk-taking vs. Risk-avoidance<br />
           </li>
         </ul>
     </li>
     <li><strong>Grammar:</strong>
         <ul>
           <li>Order of modifiers</li>
           <li>Grammar and pronunciation boosters<br />
           </li>
         </ul>
     </li>
     <li><strong>Grammar booster:</strong>
         <ul>
           <li>Intensifiers</li>
           <li>Adverbs of manner</li>
           <li>Pronunciation booster</li>
           <li>Vowel sounds <br />
           </li>
         </ul>
     </li>
     <li><strong>Listening tasks:</strong>
         <ul>
           <li>Classify information to define terms</li>
           <li>Match activities with people, according to the information                       they imply<br />
           </li>
         </ul>
     </li>
     <li><strong>Readings:</strong>
         <ul>
           <li>Statics comparing technological promises vs.reality</li>
           <li>Case studies: stresssful situations</li>
           <li>Message-board posts about unusual hobbies</li>
           <li>A magazine technology and leisure time<br />
           </li>
         </ul>
     </li>
     <li><strong>Writing:</strong>
         <ul>
           <li>Comment on another&acute;s point of view</li>
           <li>Writing skill: Expressing and supporting your opinion</li>
         </ul>
     </li>
   </ul>
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